The long wait for the return of Will Trent is nearly over, with the Ramón Rodriguez-led crime drama set to come back to ABC early in the 2026 TV schedule. While The Rookie fans have been waiting just as long for a new season, Will Trent viewers had not one but two life-or-death cliffhangers for the series regulars back in May of the 2025 TV schedule. While there's still a week (and turn of the year) left, executive producer Daniel Thomsen previewed the aftermath of the cliffhanger involving GBI Deputy Director Amanda Wagner.
As fans who watched live on ABC back in the spring or streamed afterwards with a Hulu subscription will remember, Amanda was shot in the Season 3 finale, and the credits rolled without confirming her fate. Technically, Ormewood's fate was also uncertain due to his health crisis, but I think I'm just one of many fans who were more concerned about Amanda's seemingly more urgent crisis.
